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Rats in garage, they won't touch peanut butter bait
We have a atleast 2 rats that have made our garage a home to escape
the cold and rainy winter nights here in N. California. I've seen them myself several times during the day. I bought some enclosed mouse traps. I thought the hole for them to crawl in could be a bit too small, but I learned that rats and mice can crawl through any hole that their head fits in (body will compress to fit). I baited the traps with peanut butter (which everyone seems to recommend) and left them in the paths where I have seen these rats. The traps were out for days, where they weren't even touched, moved or triggered. Then I tried putting a smear of peanut butter outside of the traps and the rats never even touched it. I then noticed the peanut butter I used was a light peanut butter with added corn syrup, but if anything a sweet peanut butter should be even more tempting for them. Looking for some advice. Thanks |
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techman41973 wrote: We have a atleast 2 rats that have made our garage a home to escape the cold and rainy winter nights here in N. California. I've seen them myself several times during the day. I bought some enclosed mouse traps. I thought the hole for them to crawl in could be a bit too small, but I learned that rats and mice can crawl through any hole that their head fits in (body will compress to fit). I baited the traps with peanut butter (which everyone seems to recommend) and left them in the paths where I have seen these rats. The traps were out for days, where they weren't even touched, moved or triggered. Then I tried putting a smear of peanut butter outside of the traps and the rats never even touched it. I then noticed the peanut butter I used was a light peanut butter with added corn syrup, but if anything a sweet peanut butter should be even more tempting for them. Looking for some advice. Thanks I had a rat that stole nearly half a box of Milk-Bone dog biscuits before getting caught (I was wondering why the box was so low). Try a few pieces of those, fresh pecans, pretzels, corn chips, perhaps some cheese. Personally, I'm using D-Con poison baits. Seems to be more effective than traps, and don't have to be reset. Gary -- Gary Heston http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ "Where large, expensive pieces of exotic woods are converted to valueless, hard to dispose of sawdust, chips and scraps." Charlie B.s' definition of woodworking. |
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Rats in garage, they won't touch peanut butter bait
In article , techman41973 wrote:
We have a atleast 2 rats that have made our garage a home to escape the cold and rainy winter nights here in N. California. I've seen them myself several times during the day. I bought some enclosed mouse traps. I thought the hole for them to crawl in could be a bit too small, but I learned that rats and mice can crawl through any hole that their head fits in (body will compress to fit). I baited the traps with peanut butter (which everyone seems to recommend) and left them in the paths where I have seen these rats. The traps were out for days, where they weren't even touched, moved or triggered. Then I tried putting a smear of peanut butter outside of the traps and the rats never even touched it. I then noticed the peanut butter I used was a light peanut butter with added corn syrup, but if anything a sweet peanut butter should be even more tempting for them. Looking for some advice. Biggest problem is likely that you're using the wrong kind of trap. To catch rats, you don't use a mouse trap. Rats are an order of magnitude bigger than mice. You need a rat trap. Get one of these: http://www.victorpest.com/store/rodent-control/m201 Bait it with a prune. |
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Rats in garage, they won't touch peanut butter bait
techman41973 wrote:
We have a atleast 2 rats that have made our garage a home to escape the cold and rainy winter nights here in N. California. I've seen them myself several times during the day. I bought some enclosed mouse traps. I thought the hole for them to crawl in could be a bit too small, but I learned that rats and mice can crawl through any hole that their head fits in (body will compress to fit). I baited the traps with peanut butter (which everyone seems to recommend) and left them in the paths where I have seen these rats. The traps were out for days, where they weren't even touched, moved or triggered. Then I tried putting a smear of peanut butter outside of the traps and the rats never even touched it. I then noticed the peanut butter I used was a light peanut butter with added corn syrup, but if anything a sweet peanut butter should be even more tempting for them. Looking for some advice. Thanks Last rat I got was using a real rat trap and a cranberry raisen. Raisens work, any kind of meat works. |
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